St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-12-17

cottage of Tamai.. where he had l,.i
his life. On the balcony . silhouett.
appeared. hand waved a handkcr
chief. sent a kiss, and the vision was :
short one. From the interior Of tn,
room voice had called ..Mamma.
and the officer did not see the appa
rition any more.
tie went to his cabin. took calendar
covered with penciled notches at tn,
month OF Jaly's column. Each one in
dlcated putting in. that is to say .
telegram that he would receive from
Port Said to Hong Kong. In the last
kiss. nc had said to his wife, this phrase
sad and cruel: Il will be more tor.
tured than you! No matter what may
happen send me message to each
port. Use the word Hope If he is bet
ter. and Courage it A sob had
shortened what he wanted to say.
'Courage! repeated he. 'Cour-
age! What irony! Can one have cour-
age when death takes his childr'
He rose. dismissing the terrible idea.
The joyful noise Of the war soon exas-
peratesl him. He ordered some man.
Guvers, invented for himself duties to
perform. incredible fatigucs to bear, to
divert him from thinking.
The days would not pass. and the sea
would not end.
At last, Port Said is reached. Hope.
read the dispatch.
lit il dated from tho day before. and
perhaps since
Once out of the SucZ Canal. Robelinc
gave orders to the engineer to double
the speed. At Obock he received an
other message. .'.Hope;" but ut Co.
lombo. where in his anxiety he arrived
in advance. he found nothing. Not
withstanding his formal instructions he
remained at the anchorage for awhile.
Finally he had to 20. Already he had
grown old; he ate and slept no more.
he locked himself up. Civ
ing the ship in charge to his first
officer.
At Saigon the first sampan that came
alongside his ship brought him dis
patch: Grand Hope" He kissed the
paper soiled BY the Anamitc's paws;
but suddenly he thought that may be
his wife was not telling the truth. ''Shc
wants me to arrive at Fort Chcon. my
mind At rest. to prevent me from ex-
posing myself too much. oh! how to
know?"
And one month Of his salary was ex-
pended in sending long kilograms ask
ing for details
Hong Kong! He arrived at two a.
N. The places Of business. the French
in fact, every house was
.losed. He never thought Of that; he
vent ashore as he could not remain on
BOARD; he promenaded the deserted
;treets until daybreak. When the city
woke he ran to the window Of the
telegraph Office and a message was
handed to him. BE confident; great
leal better. Marcel is saved" The
coasul. to whom he paid an early visit,
lressed in full uniform. supposed him
o be either drunk or sun-stricken.
The immense joy Of Robeline escaped
he fatality Of . reaction. The 22d Of
august he had . new fever, the fever
4 combat It was at Fort Cheon, and
he Francis GARNER having small
raught, Admiral Courbet employed
er for all the operations impossible |
0 larger mcn-of-war. Ten times Lieu
euant Robeline distinguished himself
lis exaltation gained every one around
i'm; he had double life; noisily brave.
aking his revenge Of the gone bad
ours Of his existence. with continual
ecd OF scattering his returned youth
nd energy In an exuberance Of happi-
ess.
With his ships boats only he took
hinese sloop-of-war. His name was
,entioncd in the orders Of the day-a
istinction seldom conferred.
A few hours after the squadron had
epartod from the Mien river Courbet
.iled Robeline to his ship. The tele-
raph had just brought the answer Of
,e Government to the demand for re-
ards made by the Admiral for his
aliant sailors.
..Robeline, a good shake hand. You
re ! Captain Of frigate!''
And the Lieutenant in the excess Of
Is ioy, threw his arms around the
dmirsl's neck.
..What il the matter. Robeline? Can
ou not stand prosperity?"
"Ah Admiral. l beg your pardon. if
,u knew how happy ! amt"
..Well, am glad of it Return to
,ur ship and inform your officers and
.ew of your promotion.
Robeline took leave Of his kind
,perior, jumped in his yawl and went
the Francis GARNER.
II will write to my wife. The Jour-
i Official has certainly registered my
but she shall be 50 hap
, TO receive a few lines from me that
q may believe wounded" |;
At the top OF the ladder his officers
vsited him. The news had spread.
bey congratulated their chief. His ,
,dv servant, Noelic, . Briton, held
hind his back two pairs Of galloons.
"A moment Captain. l will sew them ,
your coat No. l."
And after tho shake hands. the COM
iments, the double rations granted
the crew. the punishments remitted.
.ntain RObeline entered his cabin.
,rinx his absence his mail had ar
rcd. the mail from France! the mail I
- Tamariss Tho letters wrerp scat.